The human face of robotics – news bulletin

By Berni | September 21, 2012

The human face of robotics

We say so much without words and if a new research project in southwestern England is successful, so will tomorrow’s robots.

In a scene worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel, "Jules" the robotic head is being taught to act more like a human as part of a research project at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan reports

check your answers

go to news archive

home

 

The human face of robotics

questions

  1. Where is the human face being put?
  2. Who is Jules?
  3. What is it being taught?
  4. Why?
  5. What can often convey vital information?
  6. Why do we look at facial expression?
  7. How does the system work?
  8. What are these advances in the technology doing?
  9. What are they interested in according to the speaker?
  10. What example does he give for a possible use of the technology?
Posted in Daily News Bulletins and tagged ,